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- Regulated by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Martha Stewart accused of insider trading in 2002
- Major component of the Enron scandal
- Legal when insiders conduct intra-company trades
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Insider trading is the purchase or sale of publicly traded securities based on information not accessible to the public. Now considered illegal in many countries, insider trading allows practitioners to use their fiduciary relationship with an organization or individual in order to gain an advantage over public traders.
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SEC Examples of Insider Trading
- Corporate officers, directors, and employees who traded the corporation's securities after learning of significant, confidential corporate developmentsSEC: Insider Trading
- Friends, business associates, family members, and other "tippees" of such officers, directors, and employees, who traded the securities after receiving such informationSEC: Insider Trading
- Employees of law, banking, brokerage and printing firms who were given such information to provide services to the corporation whose securities they tradedSEC: Insider Trading
- Government employees who learned of such information because of their employment by the governmentSEC: Insider Trading
- Other persons who misappropriated, and took advantage of, confidential information from their employersSEC: Insider Trading
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Insider Trading Questions
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Buffalo Sabres trade activity? 1 AnswerI could not find any official-sounding rumors -- but man, do you Sabres fans want a meaningful trade to pop up! And from what I gather from the tone of most Sab... read more -
How many publicly traded companies are there? 2 AnswersAll of them http://www.wall-street.com/traded.html read more -
What and who did the Anasazi trade with? 1 Answer---quote--- Two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Anasazi began cultivating maize. Horticulture became increasingly important in the growing Anasaz... read more -
What has been the historical trade agreements between China and India? 1 AnswerFound an interesting article about the trade agreement between India and China. some extracts are quoted below for ref. -----quote---- China and India establish... read more
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